Technical Data - BMW R 1100 RT Repair Manual

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Technical Data

Rear wheel drive
Gear tooth pattern
Gear ratios
Backlash
Taper roller bearing preload
Oil grades
Filling capacity
Drive shaft
Layout
Swinging arm
Swinging arm length
Rear suspension
Suspension strut
Suspension travel
Klingelnberg-Palloid spiral bevel
Number of teeth
Number of teeth
mm (in)
mm (in)
Brand-name hypoid gear oil, SAE 90 GL 5
l(Imp. pints)
l(Imp. pints)
Two-piece drive shaft with integral torsional vibra-
tion damper enclosed in single swinging arm
(BMW PARALEVER), universal joints at both
ends, sliding joint at rear wheel drive end.
mm (in)
mm (in)
R 1100 RS
up to 1993 model year
3.09 : 1
34 : 11
from 1994 model year
on
2.81 : 1
31 : 11
0.07...0.16
(0.00276...0.0063)
0.05...0.1
(0.00197...0.03937)
Initial filling
0.25 (0.44)
Oil changes
0.23 (0.405)
355 (13.976)
Suspension strut with
single-tube, gas-filled
shock absorber, contin-
uously variable re-
bound-stage damping,
seven spring preload
settings.
135 (5.315)
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